have just been listening to radio4 and a fascinating account of the decline of traditional storytelling in Marakkesh. Brought back very happy memories of my visit there. Anyway ... the journalist's final comment was that the government had just blocked Google Earth to prevent the population looking down from above on what is inside the vast grounds of the royal palaces.

I don't have access to GE and wondered if anyone who does have access could take a link and see if there is anything interesting going on in Marrakesh ?

The images are the same but you can't zoom in quite as much as with the Google Earth download.
Zoom in or out by clicking + or - on the right of the screen, or moving the slider up or down between them.
Move north, south, east or west by clicking the arrows above the zoom slider or using the box in the bottom left of the screen and dragging the blue viewing area. You can also just 'grab' the main image by left-clicking it and dragging it around.
Change between maps, imagery or a hybrid version which overlays the map on the photos with the grey buttons at the top right.